[ SECRET POST #7007 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7007 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


01.
[Whitney Houston]



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02. [SPOILERS for season two of The Night Manager]




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03. [WARNING for discussion of Neil Gaiman, sexual assault/rape]




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04. [WARNING for discussion of JKR, transphobia]




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05. [WARNING for discussion of rape]

























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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I agree with your take, he didn't deserve to die and he was raped. I thought it was ambiguous in the movie whether he was interested in cheating, which added another layer of complexity to the character dynamics and Christian's abusiveness, but that doesn't make what actually happened to him consensual.

[(Anonymous)]

The whole thing as I remember it could basically be a thought experiment in "Is it consensual if you consent to taking a drug that you know will remove your ability to consent?" Presuming he was told enough about what effects the drug would have, which also wasn't clear.

[(Anonymous)]

Leaving aside the drugging, I feel like we can accurately describe the scene as a female-on-male gang rape in which he was reduced to a walking sperm bank.

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Was he told his juice was drugged though? I forget. We the audience know but I forget if he knew.

[(Anonymous)]

From the script:

Christian has changed into the WHITE GOWN. He steps nervously
out from behind the modesty panel.
CHRISTIAN
What now?
Mats now turns to a MAN WITH HAIR COVERING HIS FACE (looking
like the back of a head). He hands Mats a STONE POT. Mats now
turns to raise the pot toward Christian’s face. Christian
looks very unnerved by the man whose face is covered in hair.
MATS
Breathe in.
Mats lifts off the lid to release a WAVE OF STEAM. Christian
looks to Mats, wary.
MATS
For your vitality.
Reluctantly, Christian BREATHES IN the vapors and his eyes
begin to cloud over. He EXHALES heavily (coughing the last
bit out). He’s already feeling the effects. His breathing
becomes shallow and his legs start to wobble.
The Man Whose Hair Envelops His Face now OPENS THE DOORS to
the temple. Quiet humming is heard from inside.